Pam and Russ Martens — Wall Street’s Latest Plot: Blame the Financial Crash on the French

Summary:
Wall Street appears to have a plan to get the deregulation it wants by pinning the start of the epic financial crash of 2007-2010 on (wait for it) the French, rather than its own unbridled greed, corruption and toxic manufacture of junk bonds known as subprime debt that it paid to have rated AAA by ethically-challenged and deeply conflicted rating agencies. (The same rating agencies that are getting paid by Wall Street to rate its debt issues today.)... Wall Street On ParadeWall Street’s Latest Plot: Blame the Financial Crash on the FrenchPam Martens and Russ Martens

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Mike Norman considers the following as important: BNP Pariba, Cato Institute, Deregulation, Steve Hanke

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